2017 FCW Rising Star Awards Winners Announced

McLean, VA, Sept. 06, 2017 -- FCW, an 1105 Media publication, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Rising Star Awards.

 FCW’s Rising Star awards program recognizes individuals in the first 10 years of their federal IT careers who have gone above and beyond their official job descriptions. The awards are an opportunity for agencies and contractors alike to give their up-and-comers a turn in the spotlight – both as a reward to those top performers and as an example to others.

“Each year, FCW recognizes individuals who are early in their federal IT careers but already having an outsized impact," FCW Editor-in-Chief Troy K. Schneider said. "The 21 women and men listed below are a great reminder of the talent that's being attracted to federal IT -- and the next generation of leaders that is emerging.”

The 2017 Rising Star Award Winners:

Justin C. Ariel
Network Engineer/Systems Administrator, Office of the CIO, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA

Lindsey Averill
Associate Vice President
The Ambit Group 

Dawn M. Bare
Product Management Specialist/Army ESI Lead, Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS), Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS)
Department of the Army

Anna-Ruth Beckman
Consultant
The Clearing, Inc.

Ruchika C. Croall
Director, Enterprise Program Management Office, Information Assurance
Department of Veterans Affairs

Christopher T. Crogan
Cyber Systems Engineer, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport
Department of the Navy

Amanda L. Day
Enterprise Cybersecurity Awareness and Training Lead
Department of Homeland Security

Mittal Desai
Chief Information Security Officer
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Marc C. Harrell
Director, Federal
Jive Software

Priya (Ishu) I. Krishna
Information Technology Specialist/CADE2 Requirements Program Manager
Internal Revenue Service

Laura Larrimore
Senior Digital Strategist
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Jennifer T. Lee
Program Manager in support of the Department of Defense Office of the CIO
Booz Allen Hamilton 

Michael I. Maharaj
Chief Cyber Integration, Joint Staff J6, Directorate for Cyber and C4 Integration
Department of Defense

Maria McClelland
Technical Senior Staff Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Department of Energy

Kelly Moan
Senior Security Engineer, Cyber Solutions Division, MGMT/OCIO/OCISO
Department of Homeland Security

Freshta Mohammad
Senior Security and Portfolio Analyst in support of the Environmental Protection Agency
PPC

Darryl E. Peek II
Director of Operations, OCIO/OCTO
Department of Homeland Security

Stefano M. Rivolta
Project Manager, Innovation Sandbox
Department of State

Steven L. Wells
Senior Director, Program Management
DLT Solutions

Michael Whitaker
Vice President of Emerging Solutions
ICF

Michael R. Woodruff
Lead Computer Systems Engineer
CACI

The winners will be recognized at the GCN dig IT Awards celebration on October 19, 2017 and featured in the October issue of FCW.  For more information on the Rising Star awards, visit https://fcw.com/risingstars

About FCW

FCW’s editorial mission is to provide federal technology executives with the information, insights, and strategies necessary to successfully navigate the complex world of federal business. By providing federal technology executives with the “who” and “what” they need to know to get things done, FCW delivers access to a powerful, hard-to-reach audience that controls the technology purchasing in federal government. https://FCW.com

About 1105 Public Sector Media Group

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1105 Media Inc
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